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The integral \[\int_{-\infty}^{-0.4088}e^{-u^2/2} \,du\] does not have an elementary antiderivative, making the Fundamental Theorem of the Calculus inapplicable. It is recommended to evaluate the integral numerically. This integral is closely related to standard normal distribution tables, and adjusting it by multiplying by \(1/\sqrt{2\pi}\) can help convert it to a standard form. Users are advised to look up the value in a standard normal table for accurate results. Numerical methods or table lookups are the best approaches for solving this integral.
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\[\int_{-\infty}^{-0.4088}e^{-u^2/2} \,du\]

Sorry i just can't seem to get these equations to actually display properly
 
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This integral does not have an elementary antiderivative, which means the Fundamental Theorem of the Calculus is not available to you. You're best off doing it numerically. This integral is highly related to standard normal tables (it's not quite there, but you could multiply by a $1/\sqrt{2\pi}$ to get it into a standard form). Then just look the value up in a table.
 

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